“Despite hundreds of studies, cause-and-effect relationship between pornography and violence has never been satisfactorily proved.” CausesStudyViolenceEffectsDespitePornographyCause And Effect Author:Camille Paglia
“Hannah Arendt in her study of totalitarianism borrowed from Immanuel Kant the concept of radical evil, of evil that's so evil that in the end it destroys itself, it's so committed to evil and it's so committed to hatred and cruelty that it becomes suicidal. My definition of it is the surplus value that's generated by totalitarianism. It means you do more violence, more cruelty than you absolutely have to to stay in power.” MeanEndsValuesEvilStudyViolenceConceptsHatredDefinitionsCommittedCrueltyRadicalSuicidalTotalitarianismBorrowedSurplus Author:Christopher Hitchens
“If you study the history of mankind, it seems to be a history of violence. Certainly the history of art, whether you look at paintings or movies or plays or whatever, is just a litany of murder and death.” IfsLooksArtPlaySeemsStudyViolenceMankindPaintingMurder Author:Ethan Hawke
“Studies show that people who abuse animals are far more likely to engage in interpersonal violence. Violent crime rates tend to be higher in areas where slaughterhouses are related, even when controlling for other variables.” PeopleShowsAnimalStudyViolenceCrimeHigherAreasAbuseRateViolentRelatedVariablesSlaughterhousesInterpersonalViolent CrimesCrime Rates Author:Jonathan Balcombe
“Girls begin to have second thoughts about the violence. Studies show they feel a considerable amount of guilt about it. They feel bad later and want to apologize.” WantFeelsShowsGirlStudyViolenceAmountGuiltApologizingSecond Thoughts Author:Meda Chesney-Lind
“Females avoid conflict. They are afraid of violence. The males, on the other hand, are less averse to strife. But once conflict breaks out, the males are much better at reconciling. In a study done in Finland, children who had quarreled were asked how much longer they intended to be angry at one another. The boys proudly said: "Oh, at least one or two days." The girls said "forever".” ChildrenSaidTwoDoneHandsGirlBoysBreakForeverStudyViolenceConflictFemaleAngryMalesStrifeTwo DaysBreak OutFinland Author:Frans de Waal
“A new report shows that, in Virginia, gun violence has fallen as the sale of firearms has soared to a new record. In other news, a recent study shows that most criminals don't like getting shot at.” ShowsStudyRecordsViolenceNewsGunShotsCriminalsFallenReportsVirginiaFirearmsGun Violence Author:Fred Thompson
“My mother was a tremendous woman. I was just cleaning up old trunks and I found a book with her notes written during the war years, in the 1940s. She was studying in Lahore, which became Pakistan. She was writing about how women alone could bring peace to the world, that the men with all their greed and egos were creating all these tensions and violence. I always knew she was a feminist, ahead of her time.” MenWorldWritingYearsBookWarMotherFoundStudyViolenceWrittenHe ManEgoCreatingNotesGreedFeministTensionPakistanCleaningTrunksCleaning UpLahore Author:Vandana Shiva
“As a Mark brand ambassador, I became extremely cognizant of the devastating statistics about dating abuse and partner violence via the mPowerment campaign and knew I wanted to help change those statistics. mPowerment by Mark and the Avon Foundation for Women funded the No More study, which explored dating abuse, partner violence, and sexual assault. I was honored to be part of it and report the results of the survey in a Capitol Hill briefing.” HelpingWantedResultsStudyViolenceAbuseDatingMarkFoundationPartnersCampaignsBrandsHillsReportsStatisticsAssaultHonoredSurveysAmbassadorsSexual AssaultCapitolBriefingCognizantCapitol HillAvon Author:Ashley Greene